Oh it’s wonderful time of the year again. The holidays are an opportunity for us to get together with friends, family and loved ones. The days can be filled with so much joy and so much laughter. No other month brings us together the same way December does. Yet on the other side of the coin, no other month causes the same levels of stress.

Oh January, what a wonderful time of year! Twelve months of opportunities, experiences, events and moments all of which will make us grow.

A time to reflect on your spiritual, mental, financial and physical goals. A year to make a difference in your life and in the lives of others. Everyday does matter and each moment matters. If we truly harness our potential we can make magical things happen.

Are you frustrated as you don’t know what to make for lunch? Confused as nutrition information is always changing, or simply at a loss as to what to make and think running to the local restaurant is the easiest thing to do?

Did you know that if you have a very stressful experience, it raises your adrenalin levels and leaves you like a raw nerve for up to three and a half hours?

I heard a quote the other day,

“Dreams are not meant to be lived in our sleep, they are meant to be lived while we are awake”

Three young men walked out of a convenience store the other day, all drinking a soft drink and eating a bag of chips. Something really struck me about them. At first, I assumed this group of youth were well into their twenties, but I overheard them discussing their current highschool classes.

As a Nutritionist, I like to explain to my clients how we can compare our bodies to a house. In your house, there are rooms and each room has its own function. Just like each organ and system in our bodies. In order to keep the house clean and fresh many of us hire professional cleaners.

I love the above quote and I believe that our health is so often taken for granted. Yet time and time again, so many of my clients complain about their lack of energy. So I wanted to dedicate this article to the top three tips for abundant energy!

Who doesn’t want health, vitality and to live a life free from disease?

We are living in a time that with every ache and pain we run to the doctor. Believe it or not but at your very own fingertips, you have five doctors available to help you and they are FREE!

I’ve been making this Caesar Salad for years! I’ve had a lot of fun entering it in friendly competitions with friends and family, and it has become a staple at our big family get togethers. I love this recipe for so many reasons; it’s easy to make, full of health, tastes fresh, and you can make a batch of it and use it for up to a week.

As 2016 comes to a close we are all running around trying to get everything ready for the holidays.

I love sitting down on New Year’s day to reflect on what the previous year brought and what my plans are for the new year.

Imagine for a moment if you will, a child running, in bare feet across the grass giggling, and trying to catch a balloon which continues to slip out of his or her tiny hands.

A funny thing happened to me last year which should not have surprised me. I write all my goals down at the beginning of the year, do my vision board, read positive motivational books and rewrite my goals every day.

There’s a direct relationship between time spent sitting and your risk of early mortality of any cause, researchers in a recent study published by the Annals of Internal Medicine have discovered. Based on a study of nearly 8,000 adults, they found that as your total sitting time increases, so does your risk of an early death. Sitting longer is causing nothing but problems for our health. Who would’ve thought, we are sitting ourselves to death.

Everybody goes through ups and downs in their lives, nothing is plain sailing. For so many people they are real struggles, in fact 1 in 8 Canadians has suffered from symptoms in their lifetime. And so, looms the word, Depression.

Fish and omega-3 fatty acids, yes, we are hearing a lot about them these days. You may have a pretty good sense of what they offer. But, if you’re like many people, you still don’t know exactly what they are — that’s OK. Our fishing expedition turned up some interesting facts to share about omega-3 fatty acids in particular DHA.

Perhaps you are one of the millions of people who has been struggling with weight, your whole life. Potentially you’ve tried every program out there and have had no success. Possibly you feel that there is no program that works for you or that you just have a bad metabolism and its just your lot in life. Maybe you look at your friends and wonder why they never gain weight, yet you feel that just looking at food makes you gain weight and you want to give up.

Eating healthy and losing weight seems downright impossible for many people.

Despite their best intentions, they repeatedly find themselves eating large amounts of unhealthy foods, even though they know it is causing them harm.

The truth is that the effects of certain foods on the brain can lead to addictions.

Food addiction is a very serious problem and one of the main reasons some people just can’t control themselves around certain foods, no matter how hard they try.